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PURPOSE: to present\n a proposal for an Inter-institutional Agreement on Communicating Europe in\n Partnership.
CONTENT: three\n of the key EU institutions namely, the European Parliament, the Council and\n the Commission have agreed to common objectives on communicating European\n issues to a wider audience. The main objectives of the Agreement are:
The Agreement\n specifies that all EU public actors are responsible for pursing these\n objectives, observing the principles of inclusiveness and pluralism,\n participation and empowerment, openness and transparency. The Agreements seeks\n to highlight the need for, and the added value of, better coordination in the\n way the EU institutions and bodies communicate on EU issues. To that end it\n provides a framework for coordinated action.
While\n recognising that participation in the process is entirely voluntary, the\n three Institutions encourage all Member States to participate actively. The\n three institutions also recognise the leading role of the Inter-Institutional\n Group on Information (IGI) in coordinating the communication of EU issues.\n The IGI will have the following tasks:
In order to communicate effectively, the three institutions\n encourage each Member State to nominate a high-level contact person as “national\n communication director” on matters relating to communication on EU\n issues. The three\n Institutions agree to organise, at least twice per year, meetings of all\n national communication directors in order to share information and disseminate\n best practices, thereby encouraging and supporting the involvement of the\n Member States in communicating on EU issues. An\n electronic EU Information Network (EU-Infonet) will be developed in order to\n facilitate the permanent monitoring of communication on EU issues. Results\n will be assessed annually by the IGI as well as the three institutions. This\n debate will take place in the European Parliament.
The\n functioning of the Inter-institutional Agreement will be reviewed at the\n beginning of the term of office of the incoming Commission and Parliament.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 493 votes to 48, with 30 abstentions, a European\n Parliament decision on the approval of the joint declaration on “Communicating\n Europe in Partnership”.
The\n own-initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Jo LEINEN\n (PES, DE) on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
The resolution\n emphasises that communication is an important element of both representative\n and participatory democracy. The experience gained from past European\n elections and referendums suggests that those who are aware of, and\n interested in, EU issues are more likely to participate, while those who are not\n as well informed are less likely to do so. This was once again confirmed by\n research done following the Irish referendum.
Convinced that\n communicating on the European Union requires the political commitment of EU\n Institutions and Member States at all levels, the European Parliament approves\n the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership annexed to this\n decision and decides to annex the declaration to its Rules of Procedure. It calls\n for the declaration to be published in the Official Journal of the European\n Union.
The European\n Parliament, Council and the European Commission attach the utmost importance\n to improving communication on EU issues in order to enable European citizens\n to exercise their right to participate in the democratic life of the Union,\n in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible\n to the citizens, observing the principles of pluralism, participation,\n openness and transparency.
The three\n Institutions wish to encourage the convergence of views on the communication\n priorities of the European Union as a whole, to promote the added value of an\n EU approach to communication on European issues, to facilitate exchanges of\n information and best practices and develop synergies between the Institutions\n when carrying out communication relating to these priorities, as well as to\n facilitate cooperation among the Institutions and Member States where\n appropriate.
The three\n Institutions believe that information and communication activities on\n European issues should give everyone access to fair and diverse information\n about the European Union and enable citizens to exercise their right to\n express their views and to participate actively in the public debate on\n European Union issues. The three Institutions promote the respect of\n multilingualism and cultural diversity when implementing information and\n communication actions.
\nPURPOSE: to\n reinforce cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States in\n the area of communication regarding the Union, inter alia by annual\n identification of common communication priorities.
ACT:\n Communicating Partnership in Europe.
CONTENT: the European Parliament, the Council and Commission adopted the\n text of a political statement entitled \"Communicating Europe in\n partnership\". The statement follows upon the Commission White Paper on a\n European communication policy, submitted in February 2006, and the\n communication \"Communicating\n Europe in partnership\", presented by the Commission in October 2007.
It is intended\n to reinforce cooperation between the EU institutions and Member States in the\n area of communication regarding the Union, inter alia, by annual\n identification of common communication priorities.
1) Principles: the European Parliament, Council and the European Commission\n wish to encourage the convergence of views on the communication priorities of\n the European Union as a whole, to promote the added value of an EU approach\n to communication on European issues, to facilitate exchanges of information\n and best practices and develop synergies between the Institutions when\n carrying out communication relating to these priorities, as well as to\n facilitate cooperation among the Institutions and Member States where\n appropriate. They recognise that communicating on the European Union requires\n a political commitment of EU Institutions and Member States, and that\n Member States have their responsibility to communicate with citizens about\n the EU.
They believe\n that information and communication activities on European issues should give\n everyone access to fair and diverse information about the EU and enable\n citizens to exercise their right to express their views and to participate\n actively in the public debate on EU issues. The three Institutions promote\n the respect of multilingualism and cultural diversity when implementing information\n and communication actions.
2) A\n partnership approach: expanding on the\n partnership approach, the statement notes that the three institutions\n recognise the importance of addressing the communication challenge on
EU issues in\n partnership between Member States and the EU institutions. They wish to\n develop synergies with national, regional and local authorities as well as\n with representatives of civil society. They would like for that purpose to\n foster a pragmatic partnership approach, and recall the key role of\n the Inter-institutional Group on Information (IGI) serving as a\n high-level framework for the Institutions to encourage political debate on\n EU-related information and communication activities in order to foster\n synergy and complementarity. The IGI will meet twice a year.
3) A\n framework for working together: the Institutions\n intend to cooperate on the following basis:
This political\n declaration was signed on 22 October 2008.
\nPURPOSE: to present\n a proposal for an Inter-institutional Agreement on Communicating Europe in\n Partnership.
CONTENT: three\n of the key EU institutions namely, the European Parliament, the Council and\n the Commission have agreed to common objectives on communicating European\n issues to a wider audience. The main objectives of the Agreement are:
The Agreement\n specifies that all EU public actors are responsible for pursing these\n objectives, observing the principles of inclusiveness and pluralism,\n participation and empowerment, openness and transparency. The Agreements seeks\n to highlight the need for, and the added value of, better coordination in the\n way the EU institutions and bodies communicate on EU issues. To that end it\n provides a framework for coordinated action.
While\n recognising that participation in the process is entirely voluntary, the\n three Institutions encourage all Member States to participate actively. The\n three institutions also recognise the leading role of the Inter-Institutional\n Group on Information (IGI) in coordinating the communication of EU issues.\n The IGI will have the following tasks:
In order to communicate effectively, the three institutions\n encourage each Member State to nominate a high-level contact person as “national\n communication director” on matters relating to communication on EU\n issues. The three\n Institutions agree to organise, at least twice per year, meetings of all\n national communication directors in order to share information and disseminate\n best practices, thereby encouraging and supporting the involvement of the\n Member States in communicating on EU issues. An\n electronic EU Information Network (EU-Infonet) will be developed in order to\n facilitate the permanent monitoring of communication on EU issues. Results\n will be assessed annually by the IGI as well as the three institutions. This\n debate will take place in the European Parliament.
The\n functioning of the Inter-institutional Agreement will be reviewed at the\n beginning of the term of office of the incoming Commission and Parliament.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 493 votes to 48, with 30 abstentions, a European\n Parliament decision on the approval of the joint declaration on “Communicating\n Europe in Partnership”.
The\n own-initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Jo LEINEN\n (PES, DE) on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
The resolution\n emphasises that communication is an important element of both representative\n and participatory democracy. The experience gained from past European\n elections and referendums suggests that those who are aware of, and\n interested in, EU issues are more likely to participate, while those who are not\n as well informed are less likely to do so. This was once again confirmed by\n research done following the Irish referendum.
Convinced that\n communicating on the European Union requires the political commitment of EU\n Institutions and Member States at all levels, the European Parliament approves\n the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership annexed to this\n decision and decides to annex the declaration to its Rules of Procedure. It calls\n for the declaration to be published in the Official Journal of the European\n Union.
The European\n Parliament, Council and the European Commission attach the utmost importance\n to improving communication on EU issues in order to enable European citizens\n to exercise their right to participate in the democratic life of the Union,\n in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible\n to the citizens, observing the principles of pluralism, participation,\n openness and transparency.
The three\n Institutions wish to encourage the convergence of views on the communication\n priorities of the European Union as a whole, to promote the added value of an\n EU approach to communication on European issues, to facilitate exchanges of\n information and best practices and develop synergies between the Institutions\n when carrying out communication relating to these priorities, as well as to\n facilitate cooperation among the Institutions and Member States where\n appropriate.
The three\n Institutions believe that information and communication activities on\n European issues should give everyone access to fair and diverse information\n about the European Union and enable citizens to exercise their right to\n express their views and to participate actively in the public debate on\n European Union issues. The three Institutions promote the respect of\n multilingualism and cultural diversity when implementing information and\n communication actions.
\nPURPOSE: to\n reinforce cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States in\n the area of communication regarding the Union, inter alia by annual\n identification of common communication priorities.
ACT:\n Communicating Partnership in Europe.
CONTENT: the European Parliament, the Council and Commission adopted the\n text of a political statement entitled \"Communicating Europe in\n partnership\". The statement follows upon the Commission White Paper on a\n European communication policy, submitted in February 2006, and the\n communication \"Communicating\n Europe in partnership\", presented by the Commission in October 2007.
It is intended\n to reinforce cooperation between the EU institutions and Member States in the\n area of communication regarding the Union, inter alia, by annual\n identification of common communication priorities.
1) Principles: the European Parliament, Council and the European Commission\n wish to encourage the convergence of views on the communication priorities of\n the European Union as a whole, to promote the added value of an EU approach\n to communication on European issues, to facilitate exchanges of information\n and best practices and develop synergies between the Institutions when\n carrying out communication relating to these priorities, as well as to\n facilitate cooperation among the Institutions and Member States where\n appropriate. They recognise that communicating on the European Union requires\n a political commitment of EU Institutions and Member States, and that\n Member States have their responsibility to communicate with citizens about\n the EU.
They believe\n that information and communication activities on European issues should give\n everyone access to fair and diverse information about the EU and enable\n citizens to exercise their right to express their views and to participate\n actively in the public debate on EU issues. The three Institutions promote\n the respect of multilingualism and cultural diversity when implementing information\n and communication actions.
2) A\n partnership approach: expanding on the\n partnership approach, the statement notes that the three institutions\n recognise the importance of addressing the communication challenge on
EU issues in\n partnership between Member States and the EU institutions. They wish to\n develop synergies with national, regional and local authorities as well as\n with representatives of civil society. They would like for that purpose to\n foster a pragmatic partnership approach, and recall the key role of\n the Inter-institutional Group on Information (IGI) serving as a\n high-level framework for the Institutions to encourage political debate on\n EU-related information and communication activities in order to foster\n synergy and complementarity. The IGI will meet twice a year.
3) A\n framework for working together: the Institutions\n intend to cooperate on the following basis:
This political\n declaration was signed on 22 October 2008.
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